The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-01-27

nearly all the municipal county officers,
probate judges, sheriffs and select men are
Mormons who are interested in protecting
their people from the enforcement OF the
laws upon polygamy. There will be q split
between polygamists and monogamists,
and those in favor OF %polygamy will, to
escape the effects OF punishment. leave the
country.
At Norristown, Pa, Jan. 13, John NJ.
Wilson was hanged for the murder of An
horrible butchery, the revolving details OF
which were known only to the murderer,
and kept secret for q veal and a half, when,
on Oct. 8, 1885, while delirious with drink,
he gave himself up to the police authori.
ties OF Chicago, and confessed his crime.
Dealey was a farmer OF Montgomery coun-
ty, Pa. Wilson struck his victim on the
head with a cleaver, because of q slight
misunderstanding about wages alleged to
be due him.
Will Crosby, son OF the late j. @. A.
Crosby of Cedar Falls, Iowa,a very wealthy
young man, entered his home and finding
drew q pistol and shot her dead. He then
put the pistol to his own head and blew
out his brains, which terminated an I'M.
happy marriage.
The Dublin Express has a%pologized to
William O'Brien and the latter has dis
continued his libel suit.
The people OF the Yankton, Dak., Congre-
gational church and college are rent and
torn on the Andover doctrine. The con-
~gregation is the largest in the city, and
they have a handsome college building and
sixty or eighty students: but Andover has
crept III and The COLLEGE faculty have spIit,
and the pastor of the church and a ma
jority Of the people are at swords points
spiritually with DR.. Ward, the president,
and others OF the faculty.
The governor of Iowa has appointed
the wife of Senator s. G. Robinson rs di-
rector OF the state industrial school at
Eldora and Mitchelville.
The liabilities OF McArdle & Balloon, OF
Eau Claire, who assigned recently, are
So, 800; assets. $4,000. The principal
creditors are Vosberg Bros. OF Chicago, for
$500, and the Eau Claire Mill Supply COM
pany $500.
Two pension bills were favorab1y acted
upon by the house committee on the 14th
inst. One extends to sailors or mariners
the provision OF the act granting pensions
to persons who entered the service OF the
United States after having previously join
GU Liz COulSuCI0LC loIVC6s C4 .
about one hundred persons eligible to pen
sions under the provisions Of the bill. The
other bill was introduced by Representa-
tive Morrill, of Kansas and gives the force
OF law to the construction of the pension
acts given by Acting Attorney General
jerks, hat a person who receives a spe-
cial pension can not surrender it in favor
of q pension under the terms OF a general
pension bill. ~
At Burlington, VT, Strong's block, Ethan
Aliens engine house and Samuel Hunting
tons block were burned. Loss, $50, 900;
insurance, 100000.
The national convention OF brick layers,
in session in Washington, elected officers,
Alexander Darrah OF st Louis being chosen
president.
w. H. Dougherty, who was a candidate
Tor the attorney generalship OF Ohio on
the Democratic ticket headed by William
Allen, died in Washington.
Gen. James B. Frye causes a sensation
in the military service institute by violent
ly attacking the public school system.
A Glendive special y David Brown
proprietor OF the Beaver Creek saloon al
M~ingusville, this county, shot and killed
Dick Smith, a cowboy.
The great snow-storm in Canada blocks
| VA0 OGtAos
A magnificent statue OF the late s. s
Merrill will DO erected opposite the st,
Paul passenger station at Milwaukee. ~"
Weather Prophet Foster advises ice mer
to lay in a big supply. .
Col. William Colville of Red Wing, MINI.
has arrived in %ashington from
Florida, where he left his wife. He il
stopping at the National, and held a littl
reception in the corridor of the house o
representatives. Messrs. Strait. White
Wakefield and Nelson surrounded the OLE
gentleman and brought forward many ole
participators in the battle Of Gettysbur,
to introduce to him. He was entertained
at Senator Sabin's house in the evening.
Fourth-class postmasters appointed
Dakota-Blanchard, Oscar Wick; Wash
burn, r. s.. Ramset; Adrian, j. F. Brad
way; Brandt, A. Hilgeron; FarmingIale
Americas Thompson. Minnesota-Had
ley, P. o. Robnese.
Mr.. Strait secured an increase ia So,
per month OF the pension OF George B
Clark OF Avoca, Mimi. Mr.. Clark was
private and the amount is usually high TO
that grade.
The secretary OF the navy received a tel
egram from Commander B. F. Day an
nouncing the arrival Of the Mohican q
Valparaiso. and stating that he was sue
tessiul in securing q prehistoric stone i'm
age from Easter island for the Smithso
man institution. 49, .